Psalms 149:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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  • Josh 10:23-24 : 23 And they did so, and brought those five kings out to him from the cave—the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 And it happened, when they brought those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came near and put their feet on their necks.
  • Josh 12:7 : 7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel struck on this side of the Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the Valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir; which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
  • Judg 1:6-7 : 6 But Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. 7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
  • Job 36:8 : 8 And if they are bound in chains, and held in cords of affliction;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 149:6-7
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    6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a double-edged sword in their hand;

    7To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;

  • 9To execute on them the written judgment: this honor have all his saints. Praise the LORD.

  • Job 36:8-9
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    8And if they are bound in chains, and held in cords of affliction;

    9Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

  • Ps 2:2-3
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    76%

    2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

    3Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.

  • Ps 2:9-10
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    9You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

    10Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.

  • Job 12:18-19
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    18He loosens the bonds of kings, and girds their loins with a belt.

    19He leads princes away plundered, and overthrows the mighty.

  • 10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

  • 11Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth;

  • 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

  • 18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

  • 34To crush under His feet all the prisoners of the earth,

  • 16For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron apart.

  • 5The Lord at your right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  • 22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his elders wisdom.

  • 11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yes, all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna:

  • 32Then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

  • Ps 9:15-16
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    15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

    16The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • 8That He may set them with princes, even with the princes of His people.

  • 4The king's strength also loves justice; you establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

  • 13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

  • 24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.

  • 27'He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels'—as I also have received from my Father;

  • 14For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

  • 9Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kishon:

  • 10Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • 13Now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds apart.

  • 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to release those appointed to death,

  • 12He shall cut off the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

  • 37And it yields much increase to the kings You have set over us because of our sins; also, they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

  • 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart.

  • 8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

  • 11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power, preserve those appointed to die;

  • 21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Isa 24:21-22
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    21And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones who are on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

    22And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be visited.

  • 12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.

  • 15And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, says the LORD.

  • 5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.

  • 6Therefore pride surrounds them as a chain; violence covers them as a garment.

  • 12Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

  • 8For it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more enslave him.

  • 17Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

  • 8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

  • 8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture, and he pours out the same; but the dregs of it, all the wicked of the earth shall drain and drink.